Does illegal hunting affect density and behaviour of African grassland birds? A case study on ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1361-1373

  Magige, Flora John ^a   Holmern, Tomas ^b   Stokke, Sigbjørn ^c   Mlingwa, Charles ^d   Røskaft, Eivin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Distance sampling; Flight initiation distance; Illegal hunting; Ostrich; Serengeti; Struthio camelus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EGG; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INCENTIVE; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

AVES; MAMMALIA; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 67349229825     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9481-6     Document Type: Article

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